Hi All In relation to my grand father's WW1 service, the bulk of which he spent in Germany as a POW, I had a look for references to "Prisoner of War Records - British Red Cross" through Google, which gave me this answer. In my case there are no existing records for my grnadfather's WW 1 service; his records were amongst those lost with the German bombings of London. The information that I do have was pieced together from 2 family postcards, my grandfather's medals card and family stories. I thought those on this Forum would like to see the information below Records of prisoners of war The British Red Cross does not hold records of individual prisoners of war or civilian internees. These are held by the <http://www.icrc.org/>International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Geneva. Part of the humanitarian work of the ICRC involves gathering information on individuals who are prisoners of war and, in recent years, on those who have been separated from their families by conflict or disaster. This information can then be used to put family members in touch and also, in the case of prisoners of war, to ensure that accurate attestation can be provided if necessary to give ex-prisoners of war documentary evidence of their imprisonment. Today, this humanitarian work continues as prisoners are taken and communities continue to be disrupted by conflict. Searching for the records of an individual prisoner of war is a complex and skilled task, carried out by staff within the archives division and research service of the ICRC. A search can be made on receipt of a written request. Please be sure to provide as much detail as possible in your letter. It is essential that you include the name and nationality of the individual you are enquiring about. The following information, if known, is also extremely helpful to their search: * date of birth * place of birth * name of father * date of capture * regiment * army number Researchers should bear in mind that these records were compiled for humanitarian reasons and the ICRC is still fully occupied with similar humanitarian work in the present day. Searches of a historical nature may therefore take a considerable time to complete. To apply for a record of a prisoner of war, or for more information, please write to: Archives division and research service International Committee of the Red Cross 19 Avenue de la Paix Geneva CH-1202 Switzerland regards eddie tricker Australia

Hi Listers A short message of thanks to all who sent me advice on the above subject through the Forum; and to those who wrote to me "back channel" and offered to help by searching for my grandfather's records on Ancestry. A special thanks to Robert for this help in this area. But it is a fact that nothing exists of my grandfather's records of service! It is with faint hope that the International Committee of the Red Cross, may, just may, have some records on my grandfather, Charles, as he spent the bulk of his army service with them as a Prisoner of War. So this will be my next endeavour. thanks to all eddie tricker Australia

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If you have any questions about the Boards or what the following is, pls contact me off-list at: mailto:SUFFOLK-admin@rootsweb.com . Thanks, Peter SUFFOLK List Admin. -------------------------------------------------- Re: HELP NEEDED for the birth date of SAMUEL HOWLETT, born WOOLPIT, SUFFOLK about 1836/1842?? This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: suffolkmawther Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.sfk.general/8609.9.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Non-conformist records are held at Dr William's Library in London http://www.dwlib.co.uk/index.html However, I think that some are now available on Find My Past and Ancestry. Perhaps you may wish to start a new thread asking for a look up in Methodist records? White's Gazeteer is one of many directories of the county (and there are editions of other counties in the UK). I have both those editions at home. My husband bought the 1855 for me as a birthday thirty five years ago :-) Due to so much use I had to have it completely re-stitched a couple of years ago. I think thought that the 1844 is now available on CD and of course through Historical Directories online http://www.historicaldirectories.org/hd/index.asp There are lots of Suffolk directories on open shelves at all branches of the Suffolk Record Office. Pat ... -------------------------------------------------- Re: Thingoe Registration District This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: lummis1 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.sfk.general/8627.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am slightly surprised that the Bury RO did not know the whereabouts of the Thingoe Offices, Have a look at http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/604486 which shows a photo of the council offices. I have walked past many a time! Brian -------------------------------------------------- Re: FOWLES and BURGESS, Peasenhall, Suffolk This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: peggysullivan114 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.sfk.general/8629.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Good idea to look at the birth certificate for at least one of the children which would give bothe parents names, GRO index birth Thomas Fowles Burgess Dec 1895 Blything ref 4a 916. can be purchased on line at www.gro.gov.uk -------------------------------------------------- Re: HELP NEEDED for the birth date of SAMUEL HOWLETT, born WOOLPIT, SUFFOLK about 1836/1842?? This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: joanharvey61d Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.sfk.general/8609.9.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Pat Many thanks for your message, your help is very much appreciated. I will look on the websites you have suggested, in searching for my gt grandfather, Samuel Howlett from Woolpit, Suffolk. Joan Harvey (nee Hands) -------------------------------------------------- Re: parish records lookups This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: diamondlifestyle Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.sfk.general/8609.10.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: hi, I assume you've got your info from the 1891 census, where she was living with her parents and grandparents in Burgh Castle? I'm afraid the parish records aren't much use to you after 1837, you should be able to find her birth certificate from the local records office if you want her date of birth etc. Kate -------------------------------------------------- Re: parish records lookups This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: suffolkmawther Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.sfk.general/8609.10.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hello Kathy, Parish Records are always very helpful no matter when you are researching whether 1500s or 1800s. I have been lucky enough to use PRs that go up to the 1920s and have helped solve a lot of family queries on one of my lines over the years. Often you find more information is recorded in later entries too. Birth Certificates are not available at the local Record Office. You can order birth certificates from the General Register Office, but you need the correct information to hand to order them, make sure you have the correct ancestor. http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/ Burgh Castle is now in Norfolk and the PRs are at the Norfolk Register Office in Norwich. http://www.archives.norfolk.gov.uk/nroindex.htm We visited Burgh Castle and walked around the ruins of the castle in the rain earlier this year :-) We did not find much of the old village. However the views from the castle were wonderful. Pat ... -------------------------------------------------- Re: Thingoe Registration District This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Gobbitt Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.sfk.general/8627.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Glad to have been of some help, Robert. Mildenhall would seem to be ruled out by the date of the marriage (before Thomas Robinson's appointment there) and by the signature of Sturley Nunn, the Superintendent Registrar, whose office was presumably in Ixworth or Bury St Edmunds. Many Thingoe officials clearly conducted a lot of union business within the enclave of Bury, and I see no reason why he should not have done so too, particularly for a couple as close as Rougham. If the location of the 1840 wedding was not announced in local newspapers, it could still be worth checking them for others held at the Superintendent's Office, to determine the normal practice at that time. I understand that register offices exact hefty fees from visitors who search the district indexes (the actual registers being closed to public scrutiny) but perhaps there is an affordable alternative. Superintendent registrars had to maintain "marriage notice books" recording, inter alia, the buildings in which proposed marriages were to be solemnized. Until 1840 these notices were read out at Poor Law guardians' meetings and possibly included in their minutes, while the books were always intended to be made available "without Fee to all Persons desirous of inspecting the same". The original provision in section V of the 1836 Act for Marriages in England (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~framland/acts/1835Act.htm) was repeated in very similar terms by the 1949 Marriage Act, part III, section 27(4) (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~framland/acts/1949Act.htm): "The superintendent registrar shall file all notices of marriage and keep them with the records of his office, and shall also forthwith enter the particulars given in every such notice ... in a book ... and the marriage notice book shall be open for inspection free of charge at all reasonable hours." Although there is just one volume from eastern England (Hertfordshire) catalogued at A2A, some of those books have been transferred to county record offices, indicating not only that they remain free from the restrictions imposed on the closely-guarded BMD registers, but also that they no longer have to be kept by registrars. So is the Superintendent Registrar in Bury St Edmunds obliged to produce Thingoe's inherited marriage notice book(s) on demand and without payment? David -------------------------------------------------- Re: HELP NEEDED for the birth date of SAMUEL HOWLETT, born WOOLPIT, SUFFOLK about 1836/1842?? This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jonwarrn Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.sfk.general/8609.9.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: This may be him - Page 76 BAPTISMS solemnized in the Parish of Woolpit in the County of Suffolk in the Year 1835 1835 October 25th No.601 Samuel Son of John & Mary Ann Howlett late Goddard Abode: Woolpit Trade or Profession: Blacksmith Performed by L F Page, Curate -------------------------------------------------- Re: Thingoe Registration District This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Robesure Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.sfk.general/8627.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thank you David. It looks as if I will be busy on my next visit to Bury. I shall have to plan it sometime next year. -------------------------------------------------- Re: HELP NEEDED for the birth date of SAMUEL HOWLETT, born WOOLPIT, SUFFOLK about 1836/1842?? This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: joanharvey61d Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.sfk.general/8609.9.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Jon Thanks for your message and help. I have seen this, Samuel Howlett Baptised 1835, Woolpit, sent to me by a distant relative, thank you. I think this may be him because his father is John Howlett,a Blacksmith, which is stated on his marriage cert, in 1864, Reigate, Surrey. I have had this problem before, when searching for my gt grandfather on my fathers side. But why on earth do they give wrong ages on all census returns also on marriage certs. When Samuel Howlett married Eliza Slow in 1864, Samuel is age 24 and Eliza age 21. So Samuel should have been born about 1840. So about 5 years out, I could understand one or two years out but not five. Thanks again for your help. Joan -------------------------------------------------- Aldham parish look up? This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: cougarman2 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.sfk.general/8630/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Can anyone do a look up for me please for a Lydia Ristrick (or Rustick) , baptised in Aldham, Suffolk about 1785? Thanks Geoff -------------------------------------------------- Thingoe Workhouse This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: yjfletcher Surnames: Edgar Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.sfk.general/8631/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Does anyone know if ther are any records for Thingoe workhouse Bury St Edmunds -------------------------------------------------- Re: ST PETERS CHILLESFORD LOOKUP This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: tlevett1 Surnames: Levett, Chittleborough,Read, Knights,Danfer,Cady and Bantoft Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.sfk.general/8521.3/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Robyne I do have a couple of photo's and an old newspaper cutting concerning the Bantoft's, I am doing some research of the people of the parish of Chillesford to whom I seem to be related to quite a number of, names like Chittleborough, Read, Knights,Danfer,Cady and of course Bantoft, the latter I have 5 connections too but not direct line. I have done a separate study on the Bantoft and have a separate tree for this family alone. I was interested in your posting earlier this year about the distributing of James's children after the death of his wife Caroline Plant and I had to conclude that you must have got some of that data either from the relevant certs. or the parish records as I think it is impossible to come to those conclusions from BMD's & census returns alone, unless I have missed something? I have tried to contact you through an email address that was attached to one of your postings but this was returned and now I see the address has disappeared from the posting, I ma! y be able to persuade a friend to to do the look up you are requesting & that I am very curious about also, regards Terry -------------------------------------------------- Re: The Matthews Family Cockfield Suffolk This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: MASONIRENE Surnames: Matthews Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.sfk.general/8494.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi,my husband is also a descendant of the Matthews family of Cockfield. Alfred Matthews born c 1827 Cockfield,the son of James Matthews and Maria Frost, I don't know if this is the same family but it would seem quite likely. -------------------------------------------------- Ipswich Newspaper Archives for Obituary This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Chestnutvilla210 Surnames: Crisp Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.sfk.general/8632/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hello, I am trying to find more information on my Grandfather, John Cyril Horace Crisp born 1894, who left my Nan and my Dad when Dad was very young. I have found out that he died 13 February 1965 in Ipswich and was hoping now to find an obituary for him for that time. I understand that the Evening Star, Ipswich Journal(?) and East Anglian Daily Times were in production at that time and was hoping that the obituary might be in one of those papers. I'm not sure where these papers would be located and as I live in Canada, I am unable to look the records up personally. If anyone can point me in the right direction, I would be very grateful as I need to find out more about my Grandfather. Thanks. Jill -------------------------------------------------- Re: parish records lookups This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: MarilynEgerton271 Surnames: Emma/Amy Gough Classification: birth Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.sfk.general/8609.11/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Regarding your access to Suffolk records pre 1837, is it possible for you to look for Emma (or Amy) Gough born in Bury St. Edmunds between 1809 and 1812. Much appreciated. -------------------------------------------------- Re: ST PETERS CHILLESFORD LOOKUP This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: rmgaris Surnames: Bantoft, Banthorpe, Bantrick, Knights Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.sfk.general/8521.3.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Terry It's been a while since we researched the Bantofts, our particular line descending from George Bantoft, b.14 Apr 1840 Chillesford, his BC listing him as the son of Benjamin Bantoft & Mary Fisk. George joined the British Army in 1858 & following his discharge in 1880 he & his family migrated to Tasmania. Our dilemma is that while his BC lists parents as Benjamin & Mary, his Tasmanian descendants assert that his parents were James Bantoft & Charlotte Plant. This led us to theorize as to what happened to the children of James & Charlotte after Charlotte's death and one thought is that the children were shared out between James' parents & brothers, who lived nearby. With limited funds we could only speculate using some BDMs, also IGI & censuses but I'm happy to send you pdf.s of the family charts if you send me your email address to: rmgaris@bigpond.net.au We'd be grateful for any info you can supply from lookups - to prove or disprove our theory! Regards Robyn -------------------------------------------------- Elmswell, Suffolk Parish Look-ups. This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: clifjade Surnames: Tweed, Berthon, Traveller, Moule, Knight, Slowgrove, Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.sfk.general/8633/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I have a family, John Samson Curtis and wife Emma UNKNOW, with 3 children at least, born at Elmswell. The couples Marriage is not on freeBMD neither are the Births of the children. The known children are, Edward Curtis Abt 1868, John Curtis Abt 1871 and Eliza Samson Curtis Abt 1877. The family are not on the 1881 Census for Elmswell but are recorded there on the 1891. I am hoping the Parish Records might reveal more deytails especialy the mothers name which might actualy be EMILY SAMSON. - Clif.jade ( London ) -------------------------------------------------- Re: Elmswell, Suffolk Parish Look-ups. This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Robesure Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.sfk.general/8633.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I doubt if the parish records of Elmswell would help you unless the couple married there, which I doubt as James (not John) was born in Colchester Essex and Emma in East Bergholt. It is more likely that the marriage was in East Bergholt. If you purchase a copy of the birth certificate of any of the children, this will give the mother's maiden name. The reason that you cannot find the family prior to 1891 is that they were using the surname SANSOM. There is a marriage of a James Sansom in the Samford district,(which includes East Bergholt), Dec.Quarter 1857, volume 4a, page 1199. A possible partner with that reference is an Emma Pettingale. However these references are not complete because of the poor condition of the copies from which they are taken and I cannot see an Emma Pettingale born in East Bergholt on the 1851 census, although there was a birth registered in Samford in 1840, of an Emma Pettengale, which would make her about the right age, for your Emma Curtis/Sansom. A copy of James Sansom's marriage certificate will give you the answer. In 1861 James Sansom 24 a platelayer and Emma 20 are living at Railway Street, Newmarket, with a son James 2. In 1871 they are now in Elmswell with James 12, William 8, George 5 and Edward 3. In 1881 they are at Elmswell Road, Elmswell with additional children, John 9 Emma 6 and Eliza 5. Come 1891 as you are aware they have for some reason changed there name to Curtis and are still living in Elmswell with the younger children. -------------------------------------------------- Re: Elmswell, Suffolk Parish Look-ups. This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: clifjade Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.sfk.general/8633.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Well thankyou..I did say to the contact in this line that 'I might have to wait 5 minutes or 5 years for a reply. I was working bind with just familysearch and free BMD,James or course, John myy error, so the work you have undertaken with regards to this family is much appreciated. Eliza Sansonm Curtis in 1898 Married Herbert George TWEED which is my connection forward, they had 5 children. Thank you Clifjade ( London ) -------------------------------------------------- Re: parish records lookups This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: diamondlifestyle Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.sfk.general/8609.11.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: hi, I've not got any records as late as that for BsE, they all end at 1800. I've been through and pulled out the Goughs for you, in case they're useful once you trace back: 23 Nov 1748 - Robert Gough (wid) m Susan Bird (sgl) both OTP 27 Jan 1754 - John Smith (sgl) m Sarah Gough (sgl) both OTP 07 Nov 1776 - Robert Gough (sgl) m Rebecca Edhouse (wid) both OTP 18 Mar 1778 - John Spink (sgl) m Margaret Gough (sgl) both OPT 01 Dec 1780 - SImon Gough (sgl) of St Marys m Sarah Derisley (sgl) OPT (wit Edward Bushell & Ann Complin) 03 Jul 1787 - William Gough (sgl) m Sarah Hall (sgl) both OTP Baptisms - children of Robert and Margaret Gough Sarah 13 Nov 1732 Margaret 12 Mar 1733 Robert 02 Oct 1782 Witnesses to marriages of others: 22 Dec 1754 - Margaret Gough wit John Huggins m Phillipa Allen 14 Jun 1756 - Margaret Gough wit James Newman m Ann Rose 27 Oct 1763 - Margaret Gough wit William Bass m Jane Gordon 10 Jun 1773 - Margaret Gough wit Burtt Wade m Ann Smith All the records are from St James, Bury St Edmunds. --------------------------------------------------

Anyone on this message list have a family tree connection to the LEE-GODLEY-WADDY surnames? After a few years absence have now found possibly a connection within this county to perhaps my long lost great uncle Frederick LEE born Islington, Middlesex, last seen on the 1911 census at Lower Edmonton. Strong possibility that My man was christened Frederick Percy LEE. Frederick Percy LEE married Mabel Lucy Tatman GOBLEY in the district of Barnet in 1914. It seems this couple had a son Douglas G LEE born in the district of BARNET IN 1928. Douglas G LEE then moved to the district of Newmarket where he married an Audrey V WADDY at Newmarket in 1948. I understand Newmarket district encompases part of the county of Suffolk, hence my return to this message list. Douglas LEE died at Newmarket in 1987 and his parents Frederick and Mabel LEE in 1969 and 79 respectively. So anyone on list with this family connection? cheers Bob in sunny Queensland

G'day Folks My grandfather served in WW 1 and survived. He is Charles William Tricker, from Boxford, Suffolk. Born, raised, lived, married, worked, died and buried in Boxford, Suffolk. Some folks suggested I put up his name on this forum. And yes when you look for him, you will turn up lots and lots of Trickers from Suffolk. Trouble is a lot of are all related to me! :-)) regards eddie tricker Australia

Thanks for the update Marg I was not sure of the present situation Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > Hi, > The LDS no longer have access to Ancestry in Australia but do to Find My > Past. > Marg

Hi Eddie As you say there are a few TRICKERs around Suffolk Now you didn't say when he was born or who his parents were, was yours the one born 1877 ? Parents Charles & Sarah ? If so there does not appear to be a trace of him in the WW1 service or so called pension records but as only approximately one third survived WW2 its not surprising Do you have his medals by any chance? There are two medal cards for a Charles TRICKER who served with the Suffolk Regiment as follows ============== TRICKER Charles W Suffolk Regiment Private 17907 Labour Corps 696787 Entered Theatre of War (France) 11th March 1915 1915 Star Victory Medal British War Medal Address 58 Gibson Street, St Helens, Ipswich =============== TRICKER Charles Suffolk Regiment Private 8274 Entered Theatre of War (France) 16th January 1915 1915 Star Victory Medal British War Medal ================ If you have his medals there will be his number around the rim of them Do either ring any bells ? Nothing else found unfortunately If the man I mentioned above born 1877 is not yours let me know who his parents were and when born Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > G'day Folks > My grandfather served in WW 1 and survived. > > He is Charles William Tricker, from Boxford, Suffolk. Born, raised, > lived, married, worked, died and buried in Boxford, Suffolk. > > Some folks suggested I put up his name on this forum. > > And yes when you look for him, you will turn up lots and lots of > Trickers from Suffolk. Trouble is a lot of are all related to me! :-)) > > regards > eddie tricker > Australia

I have the parish registers for Walton if you need me to check anything for you. Marj. -----Original Message----- From: suffolk-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:suffolk-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Greg Sent: Thursday, 18 November 2010 6:58 AM To: SUFFOLK List Subject: [SFK-UK] Felixstowe I have an address of 80 King Street, Wa??on, Felixstowe Can anyone fill in the missing characters and tell me a little about the area. I'm in Brisbane in Australia. -- Please visit my BLOG *http://davisgenealogyproject.blogspot.com* ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SUFFOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Good morning Pat  Thank you for all your help and interesting information. I must try again to find the link between my Potter's and AG Potter. If it exsists. My elderly mother, now in her late ninties, says that in the thirties and early forties both families were in contact. Certainly both families appear to have come from a working background.  I have received details of the following site from Mr. Charles Fuller www.bmdregisters.co.uk/index.php this is the site I found the other day and later today I will register with them to continue my search. Regards Carol ----- Original Message ---- From: Patricia Bridges <patricia@bridgessuffolk.plus.com> To: Suffolk Mailing List <SUFFOLK@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wed, 17 November, 2010 12:33:48 Subject: Re: [SFK-UK] Old Unitarian/Presbyterian Chapel Records for Framlingham. There should be some photographs of A G Potter on the web site too :-) http://framlinghamarchive.org.uk Chapter five of 'Early Country Motoring, Cars and Motorcycles in Suffolk 1896-1940' by John F Bridges tells the story of Arthur George Potter.  He was the son of a Needham Market blacksmith and set up a business in Framlingham as a basket maker.  He married Rose Pendle of Rendham. He went on to acquire the sole agency for Swift Cycles.  Eventually he became a Motor and Cycle Engineer and became an agent for Ford motor cars and the name Potter's of Framlingham and Potter's of Woodbridge as Ford car agents existed until recent years (still in Fram but taken over by a different company due to retirement of the Potter family). Pat ...   ----- Original Message -----   From: Giles Colchester   To: Carol Clarke ; Patricia Bridges ; SUFFOLK-L@rootsweb.com   Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2010 12:15 PM   Subject: [SFK-UK] Old Unitarian/Presbyterian Chapel Records for Framlingham.   AG Potter of Framlingham I think came from Needham Market and had previously been a basket weaver.  There were a family called Potter in Needham Market with connections there going back to the 16th century and probably earlier.  In Needham market (which at that date was part of Barking parish) had a strong tradition of non-conformists.  I know that I corresponded with both Carol and Pat about this in December 2005 & January 2006, during which I mentioned that there is a photo extant of Potter the basket weaver.  I would also suggest checking the non-conformist records for Needham Market.   Wishing you every success in your researches   Giles Colchester,   Researching COLCHESTER family, any spelling, any time, any place   And PACKARD in Suffolk ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SUFFOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Walton I have the records if you want a look up ----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg" <gdav9@gdavis.id.au> To: "SUFFOLK List" <SUFFOLK@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2010 7:57 PM Subject: [SFK-UK] Felixstowe > > I have an address of 80 King Street, Wa??on, Felixstowe > > Can anyone fill in the missing characters and tell me a little about the > area. I'm in Brisbane in Australia. > -- > Please visit my BLOG *http://davisgenealogyproject.blogspot.com* > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SUFFOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi, The LDS no longer have access to Ancestry in Australia but do to Find My Past. Marg ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nivard Ovington" <ovington1@sky.com> To: <suffolk@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2010 9:35 PM Subject: Re: [SFK-UK] Service Records - World War One - "The burnt records" > Hi Eddie > > I presume your man was in the British Army and not the Australian ? > > If the British Army you are right to recheck as the process of digitising > and indexing the surviving records will have unearthed parts in the wrong > place > > Finding somewhere with Ancestry access would be the easiest way > > The LDS FHS used to have Ancestry but am unsure if thats still the case, > perhaps someone can clarify the present situation > > Failing that they do have a pay per view subscription and a 14 day free > trial (just cancel a day or so before the end of the 14 days) > > They are of course available at Kew > > If he is a Suffolk lad why not post his name here? > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > > >> G'day Folks >> My grandfather served in WW 1 and survived. >> >> An inquiry made by myself back in the early 1990's found that his >> service records were destroyed during the London bombings of the >> second World war. >> >> I was and am aware that the records people were putting the remains >> of the burnt records together and then scanning them, creating a >> digital record of the surviving documents. It was still in progress >> during my last inquiry. >> >> I also realize by this time that such work must be completed and the >> results somewhere on-line for people to check if there any any "burnt >> World War 1 records" for their forebears. >> >> I do not have access to Ancestry, and am wondering if they are >> available from any other source, eg National Archives? >> >> Help and advice of this forum sought please. >> >> regards >> eddie tricker >> Australia > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SUFFOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

I have an address of 80 King Street, Wa??on, Felixstowe Can anyone fill in the missing characters and tell me a little about the area. I'm in Brisbane in Australia. -- Please visit my BLOG *http://davisgenealogyproject.blogspot.com*

Hi Greg, If you go to Google maps and type in King Street, Felixstowe you will see Number 80. Its at the top end of the road on the left hand side just before the junction with Seaton Road. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg" <gdav9@gdavis.id.au> To: "SUFFOLK List" <SUFFOLK@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2010 7:57 PM Subject: [SFK-UK] Felixstowe > I have an address of 80 King Street, Wa??on, Felixstowe > > Can anyone fill in the missing characters and tell me a little about the > area. I'm in Brisbane in Australia. > -- > Please visit my BLOG *http://davisgenealogyproject.blogspot.com* > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SUFFOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

came thru ok down her in Oz Maree ----- Original Message ----- From: "Simon Smith" <segansmith@blueyonder.co.uk> To: <suffolk@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2010 11:23 PM Subject: [SFK-UK] [off topic] Having problems with email > Dear Listers > > over the last few days I have replied to a number of emails sent to the > list, none of which seem to have got through. I have sent this email as a > test to see if it gets through. > > Simon > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SUFFOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

That would be WALTON :-) Pat ... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg" <gdav9@gdavis.id.au> To: "SUFFOLK List" <SUFFOLK@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2010 7:57 PM Subject: [SFK-UK] Felixstowe > I have an address of 80 King Street, Wa??on, Felixstowe > > Can anyone fill in the missing characters and tell me a little about the > area. I'm in Brisbane in Australia. > -- > Please visit my BLOG *http://davisgenealogyproject.blogspot.com* > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SUFFOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

It is WALTON, Felixstowe. Walton is now really a suburb of the larger town of Felixstowe, although once a village in its own right Here is the page from Simon's Suffolk Churches http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/walton.html Hope it helps. Kevin -----Original Message----- From: suffolk-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:suffolk-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Greg Sent: 17 November 2010 19:58 To: SUFFOLK List Subject: [SFK-UK] Felixstowe I have an address of 80 King Street, Wa??on, Felixstowe Can anyone fill in the missing characters and tell me a little about the area. I'm in Brisbane in Australia. -- Please visit my BLOG *http://davisgenealogyproject.blogspot.com* ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SUFFOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

G'day Folks My grandfather served in WW 1 and survived. An inquiry made by myself back in the early 1990's found that his service records were destroyed during the London bombings of the second World war. I was and am aware that the records people were putting the remains of the burnt records together and then scanning them, creating a digital record of the surviving documents. It was still in progress during my last inquiry. I also realize by this time that such work must be completed and the results somewhere on-line for people to check if there any any "burnt World War 1 records" for their forebears. I do not have access to Ancestry, and am wondering if they are available from any other source, eg National Archives? Help and advice of this forum sought please. regards eddie tricker Australia

There should be some photographs of A G Potter on the web site too :-) http://framlinghamarchive.org.uk Chapter five of 'Early Country Motoring, Cars and Motorcycles in Suffolk 1896-1940' by John F Bridges tells the story of Arthur George Potter. He was the son of a Needham Market blacksmith and set up a business in Framlingham as a basket maker. He married Rose Pendle of Rendham. He went on to acquire the sole agency for Swift Cycles. Eventually he became a Motor and Cycle Engineer and became an agent for Ford motor cars and the name Potter's of Framlingham and Potter's of Woodbridge as Ford car agents existed until recent years (still in Fram but taken over by a different company due to retirement of the Potter family). Pat ... ----- Original Message ----- From: Giles Colchester To: Carol Clarke ; Patricia Bridges ; SUFFOLK-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2010 12:15 PM Subject: [SFK-UK] Old Unitarian/Presbyterian Chapel Records for Framlingham. AG Potter of Framlingham I think came from Needham Market and had previously been a basket weaver. There were a family called Potter in Needham Market with connections there going back to the 16th century and probably earlier. In Needham market (which at that date was part of Barking parish) had a strong tradition of non-conformists. I know that I corresponded with both Carol and Pat about this in December 2005 & January 2006, during which I mentioned that there is a photo extant of Potter the basket weaver. I would also suggest checking the non-conformist records for Needham Market. Wishing you every success in your researches Giles Colchester, Researching COLCHESTER family, any spelling, any time, any place And PACKARD in Suffolk

Dear Listers over the last few days I have replied to a number of emails sent to the list, none of which seem to have got through. I have sent this email as a test to see if it gets through. Simon

AG Potter of Framlingham I think came from Needham Market and had previously been a basket weaver. There were a family called Potter in Needham Market with connections there going back to the 16th century and probably earlier. In Needham market (which at that date was part of Barking parish) had a strong tradition of non-conformists. I know that I corresponded with both Carol and Pat about this in December 2005 & January 2006, during which I mentioned that there is a photo extant of Potter the basket weaver. I would also suggest checking the non-conformist records for Needham Market. Wishing you every success in your researches Giles Colchester, Researching COLCHESTER family, any spelling, any time, any place And PACKARD in Suffolk Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 11:39:25 +0000 (GMT) From: Carol Clarke <as41400@yahoo.co.uk> Subject: [SFK-UK] Old Unitarian/Presbyterian Chapel Records for Framlingham. To: suffolk@rootsweb.com ?I have had a small break through and now can confirm that my POTTER Family were Non Conformists. I have found the baptism of my greatgrand mother in the Unitarian /Presbyterian records for Framlingham. Unfortunately these records are only for 1821 to 1837 and to get the details on her father I need records which date back to 1800 to 1815. Does anyone know if these earlier records exsist?and if so were they might be found. Her father was WILLIAM POTTER and? he was born 1813/1814 in Framlingham. It is possible that his father was the WILLIAM POTTER born 1790 in Winston but who lived all his life in Framlingham as he too is baptising his children in the Unitarian Church. Unfortunately my WILLIAM was born just before the? available records start.? Anyone out there able to help. Thank you, Carol ----- Original Message ----- Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 11:50:02 -0000 From: "Patricia Bridges" <patricia@bridgessuffolk.plus.com> Subject: Re: [SFK-UK] Old Unitarian/Presbyterian Chapel Records for Framlingham. To: <suffolk@rootsweb.com> The Unitarian church in Fram is undergoing refurbishment at the moment. My husband was able to provide old photographs of the church showing the original railings (long since gone to help with one of the 'war efforts'), so new railing will be going up soon. Last Saturday a friend visited, she is _the_ person to ask about Unitarian Records so will phone her now :-) Pat ... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carol Clarke" <as41400@yahoo.co.uk> To: <suffolk@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2010 11:39 AM Subject: [SFK-UK] Old Unitarian/Presbyterian Chapel Records for Framlingham. I have had a small break through and now can confirm that my POTTER Family were Non Conformists. I have found the baptism of my greatgrand mother in the Unitarian /Presbyterian records for Framlingham. Unfortunately these records are only for 1821 to 1837 and to get the details on her father I need records which date back to 1800 to 1815. Does anyone know if these earlier records exist and if so were they might be found. Her father was WILLIAM POTTER and he was born 1813/1814 in Framlingham. It is possible that his father was the WILLIAM POTTER born 1790 in Winston but who lived all his life in Framlingham as he too is baptising his children in the Unitarian Church. Unfortunately my WILLIAM was born just before the available records start. Anyone out there able to help. Thank you, Carol ----- Original Message ----- Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 11:58:52 -0000 From: "Patricia Bridges" <patricia@bridgessuffolk.plus.com> Subject: Re: [SFK-UK] Old Unitarian/Presbyterian Chapel Records for Framlingham. To: <suffolk@rootsweb.com> You may already have this URL http://www.ukunitarians.org.uk/framlingham/ Pat ... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carol Clarke" <as41400@yahoo.co.uk> To: <suffolk@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2010 11:39 AM Subject: [SFK-UK] Old Unitarian/Presbyterian Chapel Records for Framlingham. I have had a small break through and now can confirm that my POTTER Family were Non Conformists. I have found the baptism of my greatgrand mother in the Unitarian /Presbyterian records for Framlingham. Unfortunately these records are only for 1821 to 1837 and to get the details on her father I need records which date back to 1800 to 1815. Does anyone know if these earlier records exsist and if so were they might be found. Her father was WILLIAM POTTER and he was born 1813/1814 in Framlingham. It is possible that his father was the WILLIAM POTTER born 1790 in Winston but who lived all his life in Framlingham as he too is baptising his children in the Unitarian Church. Unfortunately my WILLIAM was born just before the available records start. Anyone out there able to help. Thank you, Carol